NEW TOURIST LAUNCH
The new tourist launch Tinopai, which1 was launched at Auckland on Saturday and' left there oil Monday for Pieton, . via Taiurahga, Gisborne, Napier, and Wellington, passed Cape Palliser at 11.40 a.m. tO-day, and was expected to reach Wellington about 4 p.m. The Tinopai, which is intended for passenger and tourist work on the Marlborough Sounds, is manned-by the owner, Captain M. Steele, and a'crew of six. . . ■. . '" .■
The Tinopaij is 45 feet long, has a beam of 12 feet, and a 1 draught' of 3 feet 6 inches. 'She is powered with a six-cylinder Diesel: engine, which gave a v speed on the trials of 10 knots. Electric lighting is provided throughout, and a special short-wave transmitting and receiving wireless set: has' been, fitted. "; •' : ..'■■ ■:•--.■■- • \-
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 126, 24 November 1932, Page 15
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126NEW TOURIST LAUNCH Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 126, 24 November 1932, Page 15
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